Happy Birthday, Paul Bachorz!

[Voni]

I'm lifting a tall glass of his favorite ale to make a toast to one of the good guys, Paul Bachorz!

Here's to all of the flavor you add to our favorite forum.



Voni
sMiling

[stewby]

Happy Birthday, Paul!

[jdmetzger]

+1 to all the others, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Paul!!! :thumb

:groovy :clap :clap :groovy

[PAULBACH]

There is no special trick to getting older and little to recommend it. But there is one special blessing.

One acquires more special friends like all you wonderful people on the forum along the way. :dance

Thank you one and all. :wave :hug

[ltljohn]

From one old salt to another HAPPY BIRTHDAY:beer

[tourunigo]

..... me, JD and a Cuban wish you the best of days today!:clap -Bob

[wezul]

:bar :bottle :drink :thumb

and tomorrow . . . . :hungover :coffee


Birthday Peace, Paul!

Wez

[bobs98]

Same here!

[BubbaZanetti]

have a great birthday paul!

[snoone]

:laugh Happy Birthday to my much much older friend:laugh :dance :drink :eat :thumb
:beer :bar :rocker

[Visian]

happy birthday paul.... so, um.... just how old are you? :hungover

ian

[mrich12000]

:brad :brad :brad :brad :usa :thumb :lurk :violin :stick :buds :buds :sick :bikes :buds
"The Lotos-Eaters"
Complete Text

"Courage!" he said, and pointed toward the land,
"This mounting wave will roll us shoreward soon."
In the afternoon they came unto a land
In which it seemed always afternoon.
All round the coast the languid air did swoon,
Breathing like one that hath a weary dream.
Full-faced above the valley stood the moon;
And like a downward smoke, the slender stream
Along the cliff to fall and pause and fall did seem.
A land of streams! some, like a downward smoke,
Slow-dropping veils of thinnest lawn, did go;
And some thro' wavering lights and shadows broke,
Rolling a slumbrous sheet of foam below.
They saw the gleaming river seaward flow
From the inner land: far off, three mountain-tops,
Three silent pinnacles of aged snow,
Stood sunset-flush'd: and, dew'd with showery drops,
Up-clomb the shadowy pine above the woven copse.
The charmed sunset linger'd low adown
In the red West: thro' mountain clefts the dale
Was seen far inland, and the yellow down
Border'd with palm, and many a winding vale
And meadow, set with slender galingale;
A land where all things always seem'd the same!
And round about the keel with faces pale,
Dark faces pale against that rosy flame,
The mild-eyed melancholy Lotos-eaters came.
Branches they bore of that enchanted stem,
Laden with flower and fruit, whereof they gave
To each, but whoso did receive of them,
And taste, to him the gushing of the wave
Far far away did seem to mourn and rave
On alien shores; and if his fellow spake,
His voice was thin, as voices from the grave;
And deep-asleep he seem'd, yet all awake,
And music in his ears his beating heart did make.
They sat them down upon the yellow sand,
Between the sun and moon upon the shore;
And sweet it was to dream of Fatherland,
Of child, and wife, and slave; but evermore
Most weary seem'd the sea, weary the oar,
Weary the wandering fields of barren foam.
Then some one said, "We will return no more";
And all at once they sang, "Our island home
Is far beyond the wave; we will no longer roam." ref;http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/tennyson/section3.rhtml

many rides to come :thumb

[PAULBACH]

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g264/PaulBach/Born%202%20Ride/USS-Constitution.jpg
I'm old enough to remember when we shifted from oars to sails. You know, I miss that guy on the drum.

Remember those days Ltljohn? Then we had ships of wood and men of steel. Now we have ships of steel ...

ARRRRGH

[manicmechanic]

Happy Birthday, Paul! You must be older than me, as I only remember when the reactors were made of wood. I think that came after replacing the keleustes.

[Burnszilla]

Oh Happy Day!

[Friedle]

Happy Birthday Paul. See you in June at the Airheads at the Aerodrome gathering.

Ride fast safely

Friedle

[Holly]

Happy Birthday, Paul. I'm older than you so take this warning and prepare for your dementia tests:

Your Yearly Dementia Test


It's that time of year to take our annual senior citizen test.
Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles. As we grow older, it's important to keep mentally alert. If you don't use it, you lose it! Below is a very private way to gauge your loss or non-loss of intelligence.

Take the test presented here to determine if you're losing it or not.
The spaces below are so you don't see the answers until you've made your answer.
OK, relax, clear your mind and begin.



1. What do you put in a toaster?












Answer: "bread." If you said "toast," give up now and do something else.
Try not to hurt yourself. If you said, bread, go to Question 2.

2. Say "silk" five times. ?Now spell "silk." What do cows drink?












Answer: Cows drink water. If you said "milk," don't
attempt the next question. Your brain is over-stressed and may even overheat. Content yourself with reading a more appropriate literature such as Auto World. However, if you said "water", proceed to question 3.

3. If a red house is made from red bricks and a blue house is made from blue bricks and a pink house is made from pink bricks and a black house is made from black bricks, what is a green house made from?













Answer: Greenhouses are made from glass. If you said "green bricks," why the heck are you still reading these???
If you said "glass," go on to Question 4.




4. It's twenty years ago, and a plane is ?flying at 20,000 feet over Germany (If you will recall, Germany at the time was politically divided into West Germany and East Germany.) Anyway, during the flight, TWO engines fail. The pilot, realizing that the last remaining engine is also failing, decides on a crash landing procedure. Unfortunately the enginefails before he can do so and the plane fatally crashes smack in the middle of "no man's land" between East Germany and West Germany. Where would you
bury the survivors? East Germany, West Germany, or no man's
land"?

















Answer: You don't bury survivors.
If you said ANYTHING else, you're a dunce and you must stop. If you said,
"You don't bury survivors", proceed to the next question.



5. Without using a calculator - You are driving a bus from London to Milford Haven in Wales. In London, 17 people get on the bus; In Reading, six people get off the bus and nine people get on. In Swindon, two people get off and four get on. In Cardiff , 11 people get off and 16 people get on. In Swansea, three people get off and five people get on In Carmathen,
six people get off and three get on. You then arrive at Milford Haven.What was the name of the bus driver?











Answer: Oh, for crying out loud!
Don't you remember your own name? It was YOU!!

[PAULBACH]

Phew, I passed. Guess I can ride for another year.

Thank you Holly. Since I am not as old will have to keep chasing you! Such fun! :groovy

[Callmethebreeze]

Paul,

No you didnt, you copied off of statdawg, red rider and me. Among the three of us, we all had one correct.

Face it, we're geezes on bikes but having a good time....all the best to you. On to Nova Scotia this summer.


Breeze

[PAULBACH]

I got them all right but then I thought about each one knowing there had to be a catch.

Now on to the Nova Scotia rally, Highland Fling or whatever it might be.

Will start a new thread for that one.

Anyone have a caber out for the event? :laugh

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g264/PaulBach/ClipArt/CaberToss.jpg

[BradfordBenn]

Happy Day!

[riderR1150GSAdv]

Happy B'day!!!:groovy